Novation Bass Station

Before the famous Novation Bass Station Rack
module came the small and portable Bass Station keyboard! This synthesizer uses digitally synchronized analog oscillators (DCO's) to reproduce the
sounds of a monophonic dual-osc analog synthesizer with simple and
intuitive controls via 17 knobs, 10 switches and 2 Moog-style pitch/mod
wheels. Think EDP Wasp and ARP Odyssey.

The Bass Station can faithfully reproduce analog bass sounds similar to a
TB-303, Micromoog or Pro One synthesizer. The small keyboard and
monophonic architecture set this keyboard up for strict bassline, lead
synth lines, and synth fx. It also transmits MIDI continuous controller data from its
pitch/mod wheels, frequency cutoff, resonance, filter modulation depth,
env1 attack, decay and env2 attack and decay.

Unlike the Rack version, however, the keyboard lacks basic patch storage
features. There are only 7 memory patches and 1 manual patch (what the
knobs are doing right now). The memory can be stored externally using
MIDI SysEx dumps. But for the low price (under $500) this makes a great
and compact analog bass synth for any user with simple but tasteful bass
needs. It is used by Apollo 440, RZA, and Lo Fidelity AllStars.

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